Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, mahamaṇḍapa inscription of Varaguṇa Śrivallabha

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

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⟨1⟩ śrīma¿T?⟨c⟩-citrana(dī)-taṭe varaguṇa-śrīvallabha-kṣmāpatir

{y}yajvā sthāpayati sma deva-yajane yajñeśa-vi⟨2⟩ghneśvaraM |

prādāT taT purato ’bhiṣeka-puram ity āv(ā) sa¿t?⟨d⟩ma śrīyāmṛt¿yu?⟨vi⟩

bhyaś śaka-vaTsare sugamake tatrā⟨3⟩grahārottamaM |

II. Vasantatilakā

prakhyāta-pāṇḍya-kula-śekhara-deva-yajvā

yajñeśvarābhidha gaṇādhipateḥ pratiṣṭāM |

⟨4⟩ kṛtvābhiṣeka-puramasya puro ’grahāraM

prādāT sva-deva-yajane nijayājakebhyaḥ |

III. Anuṣṭubh

Abhiṣeka-pure devā(n)

(yaja)⟨5⟩nto y(ā)jakā(ḥ) svayaM |

dakṣiṇasyāmaśnuvate

kāśyāṃ kaidārasa¿M?⟨ṃ⟩padaM ௳

Translation by Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988

I

In the Śaka year 1537 (denoted by) the chronogram sugamaka, the sacrificer, king Varaguṇa Śrīvallabha, set up on the bank of the (river) Chitranadi an image of Vighneśvara (called) Yajñeśa during a sacrifice (i.e., in commemoration of a sacrifice performed by him), and there presented to the sacrificial priests an excellent agrahāra named Abhiṣekapura, (situated) in front of it (the deity, which as it were was) the residence of wealth.

II–III

Having consecrated during the sacrifice, a Gaṇeśa named Yajñeśvara, the sacrificer, the famous Pāṇḍya Kulaśekharadeva, gave to his priests the agrahāra (named) Abhiṣekapura (built) in front of the deity. The sacrificial priests, who were themselves performing sacrifices, are enjoying the yield of the paddy fields in the (agrahāra of) Abhiṣekapura at Kāśi (Teṉkāci).

Bibliography

Edited in Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988, with English summary (TAS 1.6.14).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988.

Primary

[TAS] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. [1908] 1988. Travancore archaeological series: Volume I. Reprint. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala. Page 219.

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